Rings/Radials

["Tracey Gardner" <tracey.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sorry Marcus, my comment was somewhat tongue in cheek :-)
I'm in the, hopefully, final stages of a self-build and have radially wired
all my sockets in 4mm T&E, back to six distribution points around the
house.
All my lights have individual 1.5mm T&E feeds back to the same points.
This is intended to give me the flexibility to control any socket/light in
the house remotely.

Tracey



> Usually your lighting is done as a radial , but your sockets are done
as
> a ring. I believe this is because the 2.5 T&E we use in the UK is
only
> rated to around 16-18amps (?) , so we usually run a return wire back
> from the last socket to the consumer box to form a ring and so allow
> electricity to flow around both halves of the ring and so allow for
more
> amps (32Amps ?). I'm sure some of the sparks on the list will give a
> better explanation.. Ben ?
>
> Marcus
>